Math, as author and University of Wisconsin professor Jordan Ellenberg writes, may not be the most readily accessible subject in school. When faced with a complex equation a student may ask, “When am ...

How much math knowledge do you need for machine learning and deep learning? Some people say not much. Others say a lot. Both are correct, depending on what you want to achieve. There are plenty of ...

Can you predict whether a passenger would have survived the sinking of the Titanic based on factors like gender and income? How do you know if a mushroom is poisonous or safe to eat? What separates a ...

This is episode one of a three-part series. You can listen to part two here and part three here. [CLIP: Wind howls] Rachel Feltman: When Tom Crawford climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and stood 5,895 meters ...

I remember watching my 3-year-old niece, Avi, try to organize her toy cars. She wasn't counting them yet, but she would say, “This one goes near the red one,” and “I want more cars here!” At the time, ...